SKTools has facility to choose your default browser. I think this is available in trial mode.

I've been trying a few different Opera 9.5 builds so have needed to use SKTools every time I install a newer version of Opera.

By the way, there are much later builds than the official beta which are much better. See:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=442252

Hello graefnz

I tried your recoommended Opera download at xda-developers.com and that htc version does not have the checkbox to turn off Opera as a default browser so it in itself doesn't solve the problem. I also prefer the graphics in the 1b1 build myself .

Yes you are right it doesn't have an option in Opera

But, as I said, I use SKTools to change the default browser.
http://s-k-tools.com/index.html?sktools/m_feat.html

Just got an HTC Touch Pro today and now have this issue.

Couldn't you just hardcode WW Mobile to access PIE instead of relying on the default WM browser setting?

Not sure if that's possible, but that would be a nice solution.

As it stands now, WW Mobile isn't really usable.

Thoughts?

I've managed to get Weather Watcher to function on my AT&T HTC Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) with Opera still installed as the default browser. This is a really cool app -- thanks! -- so I wanted to share what I've learned in hopes that it will help someone else. (This assumes that you're at least passingly familiar with editing the Windows registry.)

It appears that Weather Watcher just creates .html files for the various views and then launches them. That relies on the normal file association mechanism, i.e., it uses the value of the registry key HKCR\.html\Default as an indirect to another key in HKCR to determine the launch action. With Opera as the default browser, that value is _htmlfile_Opera, so Windows executes the command given in HKCR\_htmlfile_Opera\Shell\Open\Command\Default to launch the .html file.

The simplest edit would be to change the value of that key, HKCR\_htmlfile_Opera\Shell\Open\Command\Default, from its default value of "\Windows\OperaL.exe" "%1" to

iexplore.exe file: %1

However, making just that change would leave the icon for the various files in File Explorer as the Opera icon instead of the Internet Explorer icon. It also changes the file associations for several other suffixes, not just .html files. Also, it just "feels wrong" to change the application referred to in a key named _html_Opera to be something other than Opera. I wanted to make the change with the smallest impact possible and also to be consistent, so what I did was:

1) Clone the HKCR\_html_Opera subtree to a new subtree named _html_iexplore (this is really easy in Total Commander's registry editor, I don't know about others).

2) Change HKCR\_html_iexplore\DefaultIcon\Default to have the value iexplore.exe,-1003.

3) Change HKCR\_html_iexplore\Shell\Open\Command\Default to have the value "iexplore.exe file: %1" (without the quotes).

4) Change HKCR\.html\Default to have the value _html_iexplore.

This still leaves the file associations for .htm and .xml using Opera instead of Internet Explorer.

Anyhow, Weather Watcher now works, and Opera is still the default browser for everything except local .html files.

Hope this helps.

Oh you have no idea! Thank you so much; it works perfectly!

Great, this worked perfectly! Good to know also that there is a more maintable way of doing this sort of registry hack. Thanks!

Thanks for the tip, but I'm a little lost. I use Total Commander, but am relatively inexperienced with it (as you see).

I couldn't get to first base here.

Step 1 says:1) Clone the HKCR\_html_Opera subtree to a new subtree named _html_iexplore (this is really easy in Total Commander's registry editor, I don't know about others).

Where do I find the "HKCR\_html_Opera" subtree? I am in the registry, and then get to the HKCR directory, but don't find anything such as "_html_Opera" there. I see a directory labeled "_htmlfile_Opera", but that's not it. And then once I find it, how do I clone it? Does that mean just copy and paste it somewhere as the newly named _html_iexplore?

Thanks for your patience and help.

Actually, that "directory" is the "subtree" I was referring to.

So, to expand the steps that I abbreviated as "cloning", using Total Commander:

1) Navigate to \\\registry\HKCR.

2) Tap-and-hold on the name _html_Opera and tap on Copy/Move in the pop-up menu.

3) In the resulting dialog, replace the *.* in the text box with _html_iexplore, i.e., the line should read

\\\registry\HKCR\_html_iexplore

and tap the Copy button.

Bingo, you're done cloning. You can then proceed to the rest of the steps in the process.

Thanks! Works perfectly.

The following Weather Watcher Mobile build includes the above registry changes:
http://www.box.net/shared/static/lsi7xhq6jx.CAB

Has anyone tried the Weather Watcher Mobile build in my post above? I've heard from a few people that it does not work. It seems to work okay on my phone, so I'm wondering if the registry keys are different on other phones.

For anyone that is experiencing this problem after installing this new Weather Watcher Mobile build, please confirm if you have the following registry keys:



If you need a registry editor, I recommend RegEditCe 1.2:
http://www.soft32.com/Download/free-trial/Remote_Registry_Editor/4-158680-1.html

I have an HTC Advantage X7510 and had the same Opera issue. I installed Opera Beta 9.5.1b1 and that solved my issue. I had a Chinese version of Opera anyway so this took care of two problems.

I stayed away from the registry hacks as I am not that comfortable using them yet.

Thanks all for your help.

rsilvia

I have an HTC Touch Pro with Opera in the ROM and also I installed a newer version of Opera.

I ran the newest cab today and it did create those entries, but I don't think WWM is working.

On my old phone, it looked great. On this phone, everything is real small and it takes forever for the pages to come up.

I think it's still using Opera, but how can I know for sure? Regardless of whether opera is set as the default browser or not, WWM looks the same to me.

I really like this program.

Any further progress?

lexluthor, can you post a screenshot? It would be interesting to see how Weather Watcher Mobile responds if you uninstall Opera.